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Labels: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Network, Cloud Security, Cloud Technology, Hybrid Cloud, MultiCloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
Let’s talk cloud architecture. In this video, A Cloud Guru Senior Community Training Architect Scott Pletcher walks us through the reasons companies decide to migrate to the cloud. We explore the difference between public cloud, private cloud, and multicloud, breaking down common migration approaches – and why virtualization and containerization are often part of a cloud adoption. While the decisions we make when building things in the cloud are plentiful and require years of practice, you’ll walk away from this episode with an understanding of the key concepts that will be valuable when building your cloud adoption business case.
Also, here’s a free resource dedicated to help you with all the necessary decisions in implementing a cloud migration strategy (public, private, hybrid, multi - including security)....taking all the potential stress out of the picture. For free help with sourcing and comparing potential cloud vendors....as well as with network design and security....simply ask at the below link. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Labels: cloud, Cloud Adoption, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Network, Cloud Security, cloud strategy, Cloud Technology, Hybrid Cloud, Industry40, MultiCloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
Labels: CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, cloud strategy, Cloud Technology, Cloud Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Multi-Cloud
Labels: CIO, cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Network, cloud strategy, Cloud Technology, Cloud Transformation, CTO, Hybrid Cloud, MultiCloud
Today's CIO has a central role to play in their organization's transformation and innovation strategy, and the cloud can help enable a number of these important initiatives.
However, a successful cloud strategy doesn't start with "the cloud." It starts with understanding the organizational structure, business processes and the existing value proposition in the market. In understanding those elements, a CIO can identify the business processes that need to be transformed to create a range of potential outcomes where cloud is uniquely positioned to support the organization's goals.
CIOs can more quickly and strategically team with the business to align and advance cloud innovation strategies by reframing the cloud innovation conversation and planning process.
A CIO's Guide To Innovating Cloud Innovation
Also, here’s a free resource dedicated to help you with all the necessary decisions in implementing a cloud migration strategy (public, private, hybrid, multi, edge - including security)....taking all the potential stress out of the picture. For free help with sourcing and comparing potential cloud vendors....as well as with network design and security....simply ask at the below link. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3.
Free Cloud Sourcing And Design
Labels: CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Native, Cloud Networks, Cloud Technology, Cloud Transformation, CTO, Digital Transformation, Edge Computing, Hybrid Cloud, MultiCloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
Tina Gravel is the Senior Vice President of Channels and Alliances at Cyxtera Technologies, where she helps businesses migrate their mission-critical applications to The Cloud. She is an award-winning executive with more than 25 years of experience in the IT outsourcing, cloud, security and SaaS industries.
Labels: cloud, Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud, Multi-Cloud
A recent conversation on digital transformation with Ivo Koerner, VP of IBM Systems, examined the impact of cloud computing. Examined were the three models of cloud – public, private and hybrid – that organizations are adopting in order to effectively work with big data and artificial intelligence in order to drive efficiency and growth.
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This video offers a detailed deep dive into the why’s and how’s of an enterprise cloud migration strategy. Provides invaluable insights and advice for every CIO, CTO, and IT Director involved in a cloud migration effort.
Labels: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Multi Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
Is hybrid cloud the solution that you and organization have been looking for? Sai Vennam breaks down the basics of hybrid cloud and shows how it can bring the best of both worlds by allowing you to utilize the features of both public cloud and private cloud that suit your specific needs.
Labels: Cloud Computing, Hybrid Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
When cloud computing was made available as a service, organizations, excited by the promise of scalability, flexibility, ease of management, and cost-efficiency, rushed to put all of their workloads into a public cloud provider.
In practice, the cloud did offer many of those things—for some workloads.
Those applications that moved data frequently, had specific security requirements, or didn’t fit the image of modern-day workloads (sorry AS/400) ended up being high-cost, non-compliant, or just didn’t work. This led to cloud repatriation (or as I like to call it, “raining”), where workloads started coming back on-premises from the cloud…but that just puts us back to where we were—or does it?
The cloud was still extremely appealing for organizations in concept, so further analysis was done. It was found that certain cloud providers were better for certain workloads and didn’t perform well for others. This brought forth the concept of multi-cloud to the enterprise, where workloads are scattered across numerous clouds, and some were found to be best suited by staying on-premises.
The question posed by this situation is: If our applications and data are in numerous locations, what is the best way for them to communicate?
Commonly, a public cloud provider will recommend its version of a Direct Connect or Express Route, private paths to the data managed by the cloud provider. This approach has challenges because cloud providers do not have the same expertise in this area as network providers. The processes to go through this product’s initial configuration are complicated and require a significant time investment. According to Gartner, the average company uses seven different public clouds (Azure, Oracle, Amazon, Google, etc.). This provides a challenge because cloud providers are not known to offer products to help work with their competition more effectively. Having your cloud provider also be your network provider creates lock-in and a lack of accountability.
There is also the use of public internet or VPN to connect to/between public cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure. These technologies are not reliable or scalable and can be limited by performance issues. As data moves to and from the public cloud on these solutions, there are also the costs of ingress/egress that can significantly impact the monthly bill.
These options have led organizations to look at different approaches and design what is now called a new hybrid. By utilizing a connectivity vendor that can be the middleman between carriers and cloud providers, the headache of integrations can be outsourced.
One of the most effective methods of doing this is to take advantage of a data center provider who can act as a cloud and internet exchange point. By extending your digital edge or co-locating your on-premises hardware in one of their data centers, your environment becomes cloud adjacent. With this methodology, organizations can assess which workloads are best for each scenario—public cloud, private cloud, and on-premises—and deploy those workloads to the desired location, but connect them in a manner that performs as if they are all in the same room. This also greatly decreases ingress/egress charges as connectivity bypasses the public internet.
One of the anchors in our portfolio is Equinix: the world’s digital infrastructure company. Equinix runs large data centers and peering points around the world. They have created an ecosystem where all the places, partners, and possibilities a business would want to connect to can come together and provide the best performance available.
By using an internet exchange point, like Equinix, organizations can mix and match cloud providers, have both cloud and on-premises workloads, and have the type of performance they remember from when their applications were all in a closet down the hall.
In so many instances, we focus on what our client is asking for instead of the art of the possible. As trusted advisors, we need to bring the bigger picture to the table and encourage innovation at every opportunity.
If you are looking at digital transformation or have cloud initiatives, be sure that Equinix is part of the discussion.
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Labels: Cloud Computing, Data Center, Digital Transformation, Equinix, Hybrid Cloud
Moving workloads to the cloud requires a well-thought-out strategy that includes a complex combination of management and technology challenges as well as staff and resource realignment. There are choices in the type of migration to perform as well as the type of data that should move.
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The focus of this guide is to bring together a selection of real-world stories of enterprise cloud migrations, from all-in moves to key databases or applications here and there to test the waters. All of these case studies include key lessons learned and some of the biggest benefits and pitfalls of performing a cloud migration.
Labels: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Security, Cloud Technology, Hybrid Cloud, Multi Cloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud
Labels: cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud Technology, Cloud Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, MultiCloud, Private Cloud, Public Cloud